10 Biggest Ever Sacrifices In MCU Movies

3. Black Widow Wipes The Red Out Of Her Ledger - Avengers: Endgame

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There may be some questions over whether her sacrifice should have counted to the Soul Stone (since someone else had to give up their most loved thing), but nonetheless, the sight of Black Widow tossing herself into oblivion so that her fellow Avengers had a chance to reverse Thanos' crime against existence was shocking and devastating.

Having been the Avenger with the most baggage - she was, for all intents and purposes - the enemy of everything they stood for initially. She was, in her own words "a monster" with "red in her ledger" who was probably responsible for just as many innocent deaths as The Winter Soldier. But Nat wanted to do better - she sought to rebalance her moral debts.

And she finally got to do that in Endgame, giving herself up so that Clint Barton could live for his family (despite the emotional cost of his murderous rampage, presumable) and it was actually very fitting that she'd be the one to kill herself in the name of heroism. Even Tony Stark's sacrifice couldn't have been possible without hers.

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